Test Automation Contracts in Coventry

Automated Testing
West Midlands > Coventry

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Coventry with a requirement for Test Automation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Test Automation over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 24 32
Rank change year-on-year +3 +8 -13
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 6 17 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Coventry 4.32% 6.18% 2.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.51% 7.30% 3.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 15 4
10th Percentile £413 £363 -
25th Percentile £422 £397 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £480 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +2.86%
75th Percentile £525 £513 -
90th Percentile £619 £538 -
West Midlands median daily rate £425 £506 £440
% change year-on-year -16.05% +15.06% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Coventry

Test Automation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Coventry with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 133 233 197
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry 95.68% 84.73% 75.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 164 144
10th Percentile £363 £250 £350
25th Percentile £438 £388 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £538
90th Percentile £680 £688 £596
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £513 £488
% change year-on-year -2.44% +5.13% +17.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 6
10th Percentile - £13.57 £10.63
25th Percentile - £15.18 £11.13
Median hourly rate - £17.86 £13.75
Median % change year-on-year - +29.89% -8.33%
75th Percentile - £20.54 £15.38
90th Percentile - £22.15 £16.13
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £17.72 £17.00
% change year-on-year +26.98% +4.24% +1.07%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Coventry.

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Coventry

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Coventry

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Coventry.

Daily rate trend for Test Automation in Coventry

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Daily Rate Histogram in Coventry

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Coventry over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Automation in Coventry

Test Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Coventry

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Coventry.

Hourly rate trend for Test Automation in Coventry

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Coventry by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Appium
1 2 (33.33%) Cypress.io
1 2 (33.33%) UI Automator
1 2 (33.33%) XCUITest
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Angular Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Automation Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Mobile Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Test Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Programme Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Test Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Test Automation Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Test Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Test Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) AngularJS
1 2 (33.33%) CSS
1 2 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (16.67%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (16.67%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Android
1 2 (33.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (33.33%) Defect Tracking
1 2 (33.33%) Micro Frontends
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
1 2 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
2 1 (16.67%) Practice Management
2 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
2 1 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Validation
2 1 (16.67%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Kotlin
1 2 (33.33%) Swift
1 2 (33.33%) TypeScript
2 1 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes